A one-day symposium May 13 will look at ways to integrate international experience into the Cornell curriculum. The event, for the Cornell community, will provide an opportunity to create awareness, review models and approaches, share ideas and identify challenges, issues and resource needs, and develop recommendations.

At Cornell, new and expanding global programs – such as international internships, service-learning programs and study abroad courses – have been aimed at advancing President David Skorton’s call to enhance Cornell’s excellence in international studies and global engagement by having “meaningful international experiences.”

Cornell’s pledge to the national “Generation Study Abroad” initiative is twofold:

• Increase undergraduate participation in education abroad, with at least 50 percent of undergraduates having a substantive international experience by graduation.
• Expand and enhance the number and quality of student opportunities for meaningful international experiences linked to their curriculum.

The symposium builds on the February 2014 internationalization symposium, “What Constitutes a Meaningful International Experience?” It started a universitywide conversation aimed at bringing international efforts under the strategic umbrella of the Global Cornell Initiative and integrating international into the curriculum.

The May 13 symposium will include four sessions: internationalizing the curriculum, global learning outcomes and assessment, models and strategies for integrating international experiences, and institutional opportunities and the challenges of curriculum integration.

Each session will feature case studies from Cornell’s colleges, student and faculty panel discussions, and presentations. Three speakers in the field of international education will share their experiences and lessons learned.

Sponsors are the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, in collaboration with Cornell Abroad, the Center for Teaching Excellence, the Center for Engaged Learning + Research and the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI).

The event runs Wednesday, May 13, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in G10 Biotechnology Building. Register here.